In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City